This is why I don't build tree farms out in the open. Left to their own shenanegans, trees grow to variable heights which aren't often easy to harvest. The only problem with capping them like I do, is that it reduces the growth rate quite a bit (since the tree has to make more attempts) but that doesn't matter much with a large enough farm.
TL:DR: fuck trees

Yes I an the admin of a semi-popular minecraft server. It is most of the time, reliable. I don't think it cuts down trees previously to the plugin being installed. No it doesn't interfere with player placed logs. If you have logblock, it makes it easier for the plugin to find logs that have not been cut down all the way.

I've been on a server that would temp ban if you left floating trees. I only ever did once due to server derp, when you break blocks and 5 seconds later they come back stuff. I didn't realize until later. Had I received a ban for it, I would have been quite angry.

It's such a pain when it's not... especially on tech ones where the only power you can get without a million diamonds is with coal/charcoal. Trees are my main fuel source in this case. If a modpack can't have treecapitator added easily I won't play it.

seriously? a mod that makes a tree fall over like it would in the real world isn't a mod that does everything for you, nor is it even the first sign of one. hell, not even Tekkit does everything for you, even in creative mode, that shit is complex.

No. Treecapitator still does the same damage to your ax while not ignoring physics. It's the most realistic way to do it seeing as the tree can't physically fall over. It also takes longer to break the bottom block. It's realistic, convenient, and not OP.

Well I never once claimed it was any of that; I'm aware of what the mod does. The point is that it alters gameplay for the simple purpose of simplifying an aspect of it, which basically ruins the whole purpose of playing vanilla. Hence why I said you might as well just use creative mode.

Edit: Not that I'm surprised with the negative response, but so far not one single person even understands my fundamental point. What the hell is the purpose of even making a point if everyone is going to look past it?

Alright: I have no issue with people using mods (I've even used FTB for awhile and had fun), but what I fail to grasp is why you would want a mod for the sole purpose of simplifying, removing or changing what is already in the game just because it's annoying. (Cite: This entire thread). It seems like if you're willing to use mods that don't even add other features (like FTB or Tekkit packs) then you might as well just play on creative mode since you've already detracted from Minecraft vanilla survival.

Oh. My. God. I never said it doesn't simplify it. In fact, in my last comment I agreed that it does simplify it. Let me say this for the third time, so you might actually understand it. Yes, it simplifies it, but this is a game. You play the game to have fun. If simplifying this overly difficult, unrealistic task makes it more enjoyable, why not do it?

Yeah, this is definitely a thing Terraria got right. It would work fine in minecraft if you made it lowest block and axe specific, and maybe make it take an extra second longer so people have time to let it go before making a mistake. It would make it all a lot better.

When mining, I've always viewed gravel as if it was supposed to be an annoyance/inconvenience. I imagine that whenever I accidentally mine and gravel falls down, that's it's like a cave in or something.

Me either. Those XL Biome trees are fucking obnoxious, and since vanilla biomes seem no longer existent, I spent half my first day falling to my death when a leaf block decayed as I was trying to clear a tree.

There's an interesting way to deal with this I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Don't cut down the tall trees.

Seriously. But wait, there's more to it:

When I start a tree farm, I plant trees in a loose grid and wait for them to grow. Once they have, I pop back out of my mine, axe in hand, and chop down only the trees whose wood I can reach from the ground or 1 block up. I leave the tall trees, and re-plant the short ones.

After a few rounds of doing this, your tree farm gets converted into a sort of old-growth forest of only tall trees, which is something the game doesn't generate on its own. Then I move onto a new area and start the next farm.

Please do not let this post spawn a million "Most Annoying Thing About Minecraft [UBER FIXED LOL]" posts. Let's all just agree that this is the most annoying thing about Minecraft (even if you don't think it is) and move on with our lives.